15 March 2019

Justice Minister Given Lubinda says the Constitution amendment process will finally allow politicians to dialogue because the ZCID route has proven difficult. Meanwhile, Lubinda says electing a council chairperson is currently more expensive than electing a member of parliament, something which could be rectified through the refinement process. Speaking when he featured on Hot FM’s...

University of Zambia Political Science lecturer Lee Habasonda says Zambia needs to invest in a new political culture which respects and tolerates divergent views and the right to associate freely without fear. In a statement, Thursday, Habasonda stated that it was saddening that violence had become a tool for political participation and recognition, adding that...

If you cut Chishimba Kambwili’s hand, the blood that comes out of him is PF, he is a brother who just failed to managed his ambitions, says Roan PF campaign manager Richard Musukwa. And Musukwa says NDC is crying of being blocked from nominating their candidate in Roan because it has no identity of its...

Chalimbana River Headwaters Conservation Trust and nine traditional leaders of the Soli people have sued Zambia Airforce Projects, Kingsland City Investment and three other construction companies in the Lusaka High Court, for carrying out construction works on Forest Reserve No.27 along Twinpalm Road. The plaintiffs are seeking an injunction restraining the defendants from continuing with...

A detective Sergeant has told the Lusaka High Court that police officers found murder accused Nshinka Kaputo holding a gun at the scene while talking on phone, adding that he only surrendered the firearm after officers threatened to cock their weapons. Sergeant Bright Nsama told the court that when Kaputo was asked why he shot...

Former Secretary to the Cabinet Dr Sketchely Sacika says he is shocked that a person like Ministry of Information Permanent Secretary Chanda Kasolo could oversee a process of clumping down on private media in Zambia. In an interview, Thursday, Sacika said the closure of Prime TV was an act of abuse of office by Chanda,...

Kabwe Town Clerk Ronald Daka has disclosed that the municipality is in three months’ salary arrears while those in top management have not been paid for five months. Speaking, Wednesday, when senior citizens of Natuseko Small Holding in Kaputula ward, Kabwe Central constituency engaged the Central Province Permanent Secretary to intervene in the problem of...

A journalist has told the Lusaka Magistrates' Court that a sales assistant at his MTN Mobile Money booth who allegedly stole his K28,000, claimed he lost the said money through black magic. In this matter, Benny Kalonga, unemployed, of Kalingalinga Compound is charged with theft by servant. Particulars of the offence are that on January...

Gender Minister Elizabeth Phiri says government has put up significant interventions to eliminate all forms of gender imbalances in the country. Speaking when she delivered her speech during the launch of the 63rd United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) in New York, Phiri said 1,750 000 Zambians had so far benefitted from...

Over 90 subjects of Senior Chieftainess Nkomeshya Mukamambo II have dragged her royal highness to court for allegedly claiming ownership of their land so that some international investors could build a shopping mall there. The subjects claim that Chieftainess Nkomeshya, acting through her agents, has continued to harass and intimidate them, including threatening to destroy...

Four candidates have successfully filed in their nominations for the Roan Parliamentary by-elections slated for April 11, 2019. NDC candidate Joseph Chishala was the first to file in his nomination. Chishala arrived at the nomination centre at Roan Antelope Secondary School at 10:05 hours and filed in his nomination at 10:14 hours. Chishala was accompanied...

The Zambia Police Service has denied National Restoration Party (NAREP) a permit to carry out a peaceful demonstration against Independent Broadcasting Authority (IBA)'s decision to impose a 30-day suspension on Prime TV's licence. In a letter to addressed to NAREP Secretary General Ezra Ngulube, the Lusaka district urban headquarters officer commanding, M Zimba, acknowledged receipt...